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CHARLES W. CASTLEMAN, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY (1843)

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CHARLES W. CASTLEMAN, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY |
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Term: 1843 |
Important Dates |
Decided: February 7, 1843 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
6-0 |
Majority |
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne |
CHARLES W. CASTLEMAN, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 7, 1843.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
- Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 42 U.S. 281
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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